1983 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
55th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location Derby, England
Venue Assembly Rooms
 1982 1984 

The 1983 Women's Davies & Tate British Open Squash Championships was held at the Assembly Rooms in Derby from 6–14 April 1983. The event was won for the fourth consecutive year by Vicki Cardwell (née Hoffman) who defeated Lisa Opie in a repeat of the 1982 final. Vicki Cardwell made the shock announcement that she was going to retire after the 1983 World Open. The Australian was serving a two year team events ban in her home country following misconduct in the 1981 Women's World Open Squash Championship.[1][2]

Draw & Results

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First Round

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Vicki Cardwell England Kerry Cawthorn 9-1 9-2 9-1
England Paula Anderson Egypt S Abou El Magd 9-1 9-1 9-1
England Alex Cowie South Africa Gillian Winkler 4-9 9-2 9-3 9-3
England Annette Pilling England Flavia Roberts 9-1 9-3 4-9 10-9
England Sue Cogswell Scotland Alison Cruikshank 9-3 9-3 9-0
Scotland Heather Wallace England B Bentham 9-0 9-0 9-2
England Barbara Diggens South Africa Kim Faclier 10-9 9-1 9-2
England Wendy Berry South Africa S Lindsay 5-9 9-2 9-7 7-9 9-5
Guernsey Martine Le Moignan England S Moore 9-7 9-0 9-3
Australia Cath Bellemore England Carol Foulkes 9-5 9-3 9-3
South Africa Renee Auchamp New Zealand Karen Lever7-9 9-3 9-5 9-5
England Felicity Hargreaves England Sandra Wrench 9-6 9-1 9-1
New Zealand Susan Devoy England Nicki Spurgeon 9-7 5-9 9-1 9-2
England Claire Oxley England Sheila White 9-2 9-0 9-1
England Alison Cumings England Tracy Cunliffe 9-0 9-0 9-2
England Karen Butterworth Republic of Ireland Barbara Lowans 9-5 10-9 9-0
Guernsey Lisa Opie South Africa Debby Ashby 9-1 9-7 9-4
England Jayne Ashton England J Wilding 9-7 9-1 9-3
Australia Jan Miller England Suzanne Burgess 9-6 9-0 9-2
England Jacky Parsons Nigeria T Tikil 9-1 9-5 9-0
New Zealand Robyn Blackwood South Africa Donna Caldwell 9-7 9-7 9-4
Republic of Ireland Rebecca Best Republic of Ireland Barbara Sanderson 9-4 9-4 9-3
England Ruth Strauss Wales Deanna Murray 3-9 9-2 9-2 9-5
England Melanie Warren-Hawkes England Wendy Cole 9-7 9-6 9-7
England Angela Smith England Joyce Tuomey 9-5 9-1 9-2
South Africa L Houghton England Jill Benfield 9-5 9-2 9-2
Australia Carin Clonda England G Hill 9-1 9-0 9-1
Australia Susan Carter England S Kipping 9-4 7-9 9-5 9-3
Australia Rhonda Thorne England P Lusby 9-2 9-0 9-0
England Jane Freeman South Africa Magriet Luchs 7-9 9-4 5-9 1-9 9-4
Australia Lynne Ferry Australia Eryi Emmanuel 9-3 9-6 9-6
Australia Rae Anderson England Lucy Soutter 9-7 7-9 9-3 9-5

Second Round

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Cardwell England Anderson P 9-3 9-0 9-4
England Cowie England Pilling
England Cogswell Scotland Wallace 9-2 9-1 9-3
England Diggens England Berry 9-0 9-0 9-1
Guernsey Le Moignan Australia Bellemore 9-1 9-0 9-4
South Africa Aucamp England Hargreaves 9-1 9-2 9-3
New Zealand Devoy England Oxley 9-1 9-2 9-1
England Cumings England Butterworth 9-2 9-5 9-0
Guernsey Opie England Ashton 9-5 9-5 9-4
Australia Miller England Parsons 9-4 9-0 9-1
New Zealand Blackwood Republic of Ireland Best 9-1 9-4 9-3
England Strauss England Warren-Hawkes 9-3 9-7 9-1
England Smith South Africa Houghton 9-2 9-1 9-4
Australia Clonda Australia Carter 9-4 9-0 9-5
Australia Thorne England Freeman 10-8 9-0 9-0
Australia Ferry Australia Anderson R 9-2 9-3 9-7

Third Round

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Cardwell England Cowie 9-0 9-0 9-0
England Cogswell England Diggens 1-9 9-4 9-4 9-1
Guernsey Le Moignan South Africa Aucamp 9-1 9-3 9-4
New Zealand Devoy England Cumings 5-9 6-9 9-6 9-1 9-6
Guernsey Opie Australia Miller 9-0 5-9 9-5 9-2
New Zealand Blackwood England Strauss 9-6 9-1 9-5
England Smith Australia Clonda 9-5 7-9 8-10 9-3 9-5
Australia Thorne Australia Ferry 9-1 10-8 9-3

Quarter Finals

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Cardwell England Cogswell 9-1 9-3 9-2
Guernsey Le Moignan New Zealand Devoy 9-6 9-0 3-9 9-2
Guernsey Opie New Zealand Blackwood 9-2 9-4 9-4
England Smith Australia Thorne 4-9 9-7 4-9 9-6 9-3

Semi Finals

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Cardwell Guernsey Le Moignan 9-1 9-2 9-10 9-3
Guernsey Opie England Smith 0-9 9-5 9-6 9-7

Final

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Cardwell Guernsey Opie 9-10 9-6 9-4 9-5

References

  1. "Times Archives 1983 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Results". Trove.
  3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
Preceded by
1982
British Open Squash Championships
England (Derby)

1983
Succeeded by
1984
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